“This has been my goal for eleven years,” said landscape painter Camille Przewodek when she won the Grand Prize of the 13th Annual PleinAir® Salon.
There were 278 paintings included in the judging for the 13th Annual PleinAir Salon Art Competition. This year’s competition drew almost 11,000 entries from nearly 3,000 artists, representing 73 countries. For her painting, “Sonoma Farm Vista,” Camille was awarded a $15,000 cash prize, and her work will be featured on the cover of PleinAir® Magazine.
“It’s my favorite painting spot,” Camille said of ‘Sonoma Farm Vista.’ “I cannot paint a painting from this spot that does not sell. Now I never paint to sell. I try to just paint the best painting I can, and it’ll eventually find an owner.”
One reason Camille returns to this location, which is in Petaluma, California, is the versatility of the views. She explained that because it’s from the top of a hill, she can choose any direction for the view she wants to paint at that time. “I will paint at the same location over and over and over again,” she said. “Even when I return to the same spot, it’s going to be a completely different painting.”
In addition to her art training at Wayne State University in Detroit, and earning a BFA in Illustration at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, Camille studied painting with master colorist Henry Hensche at the Cape School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Camille is a Signature Member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters and the California Art Club; and a Master Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society, Oil Painters of America, and American Women Artists.
Watch the 13th Annual PleinAir Salon Awards Ceremony:
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